<p>I must’ve cross-posted with tk21769 this morning. I had no idea Reed had a linguistics dept–thanks for that (not sure that either the Latin or the computer science offerings are deep enough–they send the comp science kids off to UWashington, but at least it’s an option). Doubt the culture will be a fit–he hardly seems a Reedie.</p>
<p>And I agree that historical linguistics is the long-pole in the tent, which is why I posted for recommendations other than SLACs. Though Middlebury’s classics department looks surprisingly deep, and they seem to have an interdisciplinary linguistics program too, so that might make the list.</p>
<p>U of Chicago, at least in its earlier incarnation, would be a natural, were it not smack in the center of the city. DS is not an urban kid.</p>